Tuesday, May 13, 2014

News Headlines (503) 12 May - 13 May 2014

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► 12 May 2014 : You could charm the birds from the trees today -- and you may need to do something equally impressive if you want to make the most of this terrific energy. Don't be brash when you can be persuasive. Your focus for the next few days will be on one thing, and one thing only: Making sure your dear ones feel warm, wonderful and, above all else, well-loved. And you'll be extremely well equipped for the job. The universe has sent several planetary envoys to help you -- but then, as fiery and determined as you are by nature, you may not need them. Defense is second only to offense on your list of specialties.

► 13 May 2014 : Your emotional side is in need of some attention -- and you can make a real difference if you attend to your feelings. See if your people can give you the space you need to take care of this. Your feelings may fly around like an unpredictable yo-yo today -- so it's not the best time to make any first impressions on anybody. Stick with the folks who know you well. You can't control what kind of mood you'll be in when you are with others, but if they already know you, they'll be fine with whatever energy you put out. Your emotions are in control of your life for today.

"Give a good deed the credit of a good motive; and give an evil deed the benefit of the doubt." — Brander Matthews

► Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Official Trailer #2 HD 2014. Published on May 8, 2014 by 20th Century Fox UK || ► Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX. A growing nation of genetically evolved apes led by Caesar is threatened by a band of human survivors of the devastating virus unleashed a decade earlier. They reach a fragile peace, but it proves short-lived, as both sides are brought to the brink of a war that will determine who will emerge as Earth's dominant species. Published on May 8, 2014 by Dawn of the Planet of the Apes

► NEWS & POLITICS : Cossack Invasion: March to Paris (RT Documentary). Russian Cossack troops from the Napoleonic wars have returned to France... 200 years after they were first seen there! Summer camps and traditional riding tricks, wielding swords while on horseback and doing spectacular stunts -- this march towards Paris recreates the events of the beginning of the 19th century, but this time there will be no bloodshed or wounded. Just the splendor and the amusement of the times long passed. Published on Dec 2, 2012 by RT

► Rebels declare victory in east Ukraine's self-rule vote - By Matt Robinson and Alessandra Prentice
DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - Pro-Moscow rebels declared a resounding victory in a referendum on self-rule for eastern Ukraine, with some saying that meant independence and others eventual union with Russia as fighting flared in a conflict increasingly out of control. |Video

► 'The history of Russia is our history' - By Matt Robinson and Alessandra Prentice
DONETSK/SLAVIANSK, Ukraine - Rebels in eastern Ukraine called for their region to become part of Russia, after staging a referendum on self-rule, but Moscow stopped short of endorsing their bid.

► Raw: Chinese Crew Accused of Turtle Poaching. The Philippines charged nine Chinese fishermen on Monday with poaching more than 500 endangered sea turtles at a disputed South China Sea shoal. Police seized the boat that was allegedly laden with the giant turtles, most of them dead.

■ Putin hits the ice to compete with legendary hockey players. Russian President Vladimir Putin joined the All-Russia Festival of Night Hockey league for a light game. Putin competed with legendary Russian players including Vyacheslav Fetisov, Pavel Bure, Aleksey Kasatonov and Valery Kamensky. Also with Putin was Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu. Within the first minutes of the game Putin scored a goal.

■ Eastward Expansion? NATO stages record drills in Estonia amid Ukraine unrest. NATO's muscle-flexing is in full swing as the Alliance stages its major war games in Estonia. RT's Gayane Chichakyan takes a look at how the alliance has been pushing its borders eastwards.

► INSIDE STORY : Self-rule in Ukraine? People in the east cast their ballots in a controversial referendum vote on the region's future. Sami Zeidan speaks to Mychailo Wynnychyj, associate professor at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Lilit Gevorgyan, Russia analyst at IHS Global and senior economist for CIS Europe; and Alexander Shumilin, a political analyst and columnist for the Moscow Times.

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"Thank you for your perception! I like your romantic side, even if I do not always comment and I'm glad that you're in my circle of friends."(Courtesies by: Wolfgang A. Gerhardt)

Wolfgang A.Gerhardt : May be you like this Sunday collage

Cisca Zarmansyah : Before today, there never was a person doing this to me. You create a simple matter to look special. This is a special thing for me.

Cisca Zarmansyah : Thank you. I love it. I love you, my friend. ♥

CieL- FreYa Ceastle : Hmm, he's so nice...

"I am me.
In all the world,
there is no one else exactly like me.
Everything that comes out of me
is authentically mine,
because I alone chose it --
I own everything about me:
my body,
my feelings,
my mouth,
my voice,
all my actions,
whether they be to others or myself.
I own my fantasies,
my dreams,
my hopes,
my fears.
I own my triumphs and successes,
all my failures and mistakes.
Because I own all of me,
I can become intimately acquainted with me.
By so doing,
I can love me
and be friendly with all my parts.
I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me,
and other aspects that I do not know
-- but as long as I am friendly
and loving to myself,
I can courageously and hopefully
look for solutions
to the puzzles and ways
to find out more about me.
However I look and sound,
whatever I say and do,
and whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time
is authentically me.
If later some parts of how I looked,
sounded,
thought,
and felt
turn out to be unfitting,
I can discard that which is unfitting,
keep the rest,
and invent something new
for that which I discarded.
I can see,
hear,
feel,
think,
say, and do.
I have the tools to survive,
to be close to others,
to be productive,
and to make sense
and order out of the world of people
and things outside of me.
I own me,
and therefore,
I can engineer me.
I am me,
and I am okay."

VIRGINIA SATIR
(American Phychologist and Educator, 1916-1988)

About Me

"When the Nazis came for the communists, I remained silent. I was not a communist. When they locked up the social democrats, I remained silent. I was not a social democrat. When they came for the trade unionists, I did not speak out. I was not a trade unionist. When they came for the Jews, I remained silent. I wasn't a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to speak out." - Martin Niemöller